The Abolishion of the Masters and Servants Act
By Colin Bundy
In the Workplace
The African Women Worker in the Textile Industry in Durban
By Jean Westmore and Pat Townsend
TGWU security workers strike
The strike by security workers in Durban in December made break-throughs in this notoriously anti-union industry. Jane Barrett reports.
TGWU’s struggle for permanence at HIS
Tanya Goldman details a case study that proves that it is possible to create full-time permanent jobs, even in a …
Thavarajoo (Slade) Pillay of DIMES
Unions in South Africa should play the kind of role that unions play in the social democratic or welfare state. …
The ‘Prison Factory’
By Michel Bosquet
The 1980 Cotton Workers Strike
Briefings: By John Mawbey.
The 1992 budget: more social spending, Company profile: Samancor
Industry profile: Engineering, Inflation – Economic Notes Attachments Economic Notes. The 1992 budget. More social spending (2 MB)
Teamwork opportunity or threat for workers?
Gary Phillips examines workers’ responses to teamwork in different companies. Attachments Teamwork. opportunity or threat for workers (4 MB)
Technical Change & the Epol Closure
Briefings: By David Kaplan, Economic History UCT and Mike Morris, Sociology University of Natal Durban.